Frankenstein Prodigal Son, Dean Koontz
Frankenstein Prodigal Son, Dean Koontz
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Frankenstein: Prodigal Son

Author: Dean Koontz

Narrator: Christopher Lane

Unabridged: 9 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/02/2018

Synopsis

From the celebrated imagination of Dean Koontz comes a powerful reworking of one of the classic stories of all time. If you think you know the legend, you know only half the truth. Here is the mystery, the myth, the terror, and the magic of . . .Every city has its secrets. But none as terrible as this. He is Deucalion, a tattooed man of mysterious origin, a sleight-of-reality artist who has traveled the centuries with a secret worse than death. He arrives in New Orleans as a serial killer stalks the streets, a killer who carefully selects his victims for the humanity that is missing in himself. Deucalion’s path will lead him to cool, tough police detective Carson O’Connor and her devoted partner, Michael Maddison, who are tracking the slayer but will soon discover signs of something far more terrifying: an entire race of killers who are much more—and less—than human and, deadliest of all, their deranged, near-immortal maker: Victor Helios—once known as Frankenstein.

About Dean Koontz

Author Dean Koontz was born in Everett Pennsylvania in 1945. He has used various Pen names such as, Aaron Wolfe, Brian Coffey, David Axton, Deanna Dwyer, John Hill, K.R. Dwyer, Leigh Nichols, Anthony North, Owen West and Richard Paige. His accomplished occupations include novelist, short story writer, screenwriter and poet. Most people were not aware of his many Pen names and various talents in literature besides novelist. Koontz genres of choice are suspense, horror and science fiction thrillers. He has had 14 hardcovers and 14 paperbacks making it to #1 on the New York Times bestsellers list. According to the Dean Kootnz official website, he has sold more than 450 million copies of his books.

A little known fact about Dean Koontz is that he had hair transplantation in the late intos. Many of his novels are set in or around Orange County, California where he lives with his wife Gerda, in Newport Coast in an estate named Pelican Hills. His reported annual salary is $25 million.1990

Reviews

Goodreads review by Dirk on January 03, 2015

Out of the last of the twilight came Deucalion with a suitcase, in clothes too heavy for the sultry night. Koontz does a pretty good job of extrapolating the Frankenstein mythos. He doesn’t do much to alter the original history, but instead focuses on a “what if” scenario. What if Mary Shelley’s nove......more

Goodreads review by Paul E on March 31, 2023

By far Koontzs' best novel. Maybe because it's co-wrote It's a Frankenstein murder mystery. The suspense-horror novel takes place in New Orleans. There's a serial killer afoot, who paradoxically collects body parts. Hmmmmm... turns out it's not what you think. Or is it? Flows nicely and there's no ro......more

Goodreads review by Kimberly on November 16, 2023

I am a huge fan of Dean Koontz and enjoyed this book, but was disappointed to see the abrupt ending which left me hanging and having to decide whether or not to buy the sequel. That seems like a dirty trick to me. Overall, though, this is a great story about serial killers in a hauntingly damp and d......more

Goodreads review by Marvin on February 18, 2012

I occasionally get the urge to read a Koontz novel. Some of his earlier works like Watchers are quite exciting. I keep hoping his current novels will return to his earlier high standards. However his later books, Relentless being a prime example, simply do not work well and hints of a writer who may......more

Goodreads review by Howard on October 24, 2021

5 Stars for Prodigal Son: Dean Koontz’s Frankenstein, Book 1 (audiobook) by Dean Koontz and Kevin J. Anderson read by Scott Brick. This is a wonderful modern take on a classic. I’m so happy that I found this series right before Halloween. I’m looking forward to the rest of the series. And Scott Bric......more

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